Day: February 27, 2025
News24 | Cabinet approves appointment of ‘ANC candidate’ for SAA chief executive
Cabinet has approved the appointment of John Lamola as chief executive of South African Airways, despite reports of political interference in his selection process.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Arrest is imminent’: Cops in hunt for illegal mining kingpin after no-show at first day of trial
Police are searching for an alleged illegal mining kingpin who has evaded authorities since November last year and was a "no-show" at the first day of his trial on Monday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | WATCH | Makhanda’s water crisis threatens Rhodes University’s survival, warns SRC president
Stakeholders at Rhodes University say unreliable water supply in Makhanda threatens the historic institution's survival and sustainability.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘We are in uncertain times’: Winde’s SOPA warns of tight budgets as funding shrinks
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has issued a warning – tight budgets and lost foreign aid are pushing the province into uncertain times.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Shoprite joins Standard Bank UCount programme after FNB drops it from eBucks
SA's largest retailer Shoprite has teamed up with Standard Bank's UCount platform after being dropped by FNB's eBucks programme.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ANC bigwig among former co-accused VBS heist kingpin implicates in corruption
Former VBS Mutual Bank chairperson Tshifhiwa Matodzi wasted no time in mentioning his former co-accused, including ANC bigwig Danny Msiza, as he testified against the former mayor of the Thulamela Local Municipality in a VBS-related corruption case.
Continue ReadingNews24 | WATCH | ‘I fought for my life’: Dramatic footage of woman’s extraordinary escape from kidnappers
Sarah Scott believed the Uber she had requested was outside her friend's home in Hyde Park when she opened the gate to wait for it - and then narrowly survived a violent attempted kidnapping.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘People can litigate’: ANC will defend its decision to overhaul provinces, says Mbalula
The ANC will not tolerate any negativity from within the party surrounding its decision to reconfigure or disband its provincial executive committee in Gauteng.
Continue ReadingNews24 | This viral video of a giant python in a tree is real – but its oddly specific location is not
A reverse image search of keyframes in a viral video of a python claims its location to be Namibia, Kenya, and South Africa.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Dali Mpofu goes to bat for Hlophe, saying he has every right to serve on JSC
MK Party parliamentary leader John Hlophe's designation to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) followed a parliamentary process no different from when the National Assembly elects MPs to external legislative bodies.
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